Ongoing crisis deepening

02/09/2008

It is more than one week that there is a crisis of benzene in Armenia. Despite the assurances of the government the crisis is deepening. During these days there were liens of cars waiting near gas stations to buy gas, and one liter of benzene in the shady market cost 1200 dram. According to the official information, yesterday ten wagons of benzene were transported to Armenia from Georgia, and more ten wagons will come to Armenia during these days. It is clear that this capacity will not help to overcome the crisis and there will be more demand for gas during the coming days. It is not excluded that there may be such crisis of grain import. Some bread factories are smashing low quality flour to save the flour.